Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy

by Oliver Double

'This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers. It's too enjoyable. But that, given its subject, is just what it ought to be, and it treats that subject seriously . . . There isn't a "dull" page anywhere in the book.' - Professor Peter Thomson, Studies in Theatre and Performance

Comedy is changing: stand-up comedians routinely sell out stadia, their audience-figures swollen by panel-show appearances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140817460X
• ISBN13: 9781408174609
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"